June 24, 2025 Meeting Minutes

Thu 6/26/2025 12:43 PM

June 24, 2025, Meeting Minutes   

 Announcements:  Lynne announced that this was her last meeting as the club president and that two new officers, elected last meeting, would be starting their terms July 1, 2025.

The other officers were reelected to their same positions. 

 

President:  Theresa Haynes 

VP Education: Nancy Carpenter 

VP Membership: Maria Cubacha 

VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca 

Secretary: Bill Hinrichs 

Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder 

Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz 

 

Lynne also thanked everyone for their meeting participation. She especially noted the officers for their support throughout her term.  She also mentioned that it is never too early to consider running for an officer position for the next term 1/1/2026.  Finally, she reminded members that after our in-person meeting July 1, we will be having a potluck gathering at the Hop and Hound in Bothell.  Kelly has e-mailed a sign-up sheet for those participating. 

  

Our Toastmaster was Turtle with "Treehouses and Blanket Forts! Fun Memories” 

Our Sergeant at Arms Katie called our meeting to order.  

 Our President Lynne opened our meeting.  

VPE Next   Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute Nancy shared information on an article from TM Magazine "Speaking to a Distracted Audience” https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine-issues/2024/Mar/distracted-audience 

GATE TEAM: 

Grammarian: Warren Word of the day “Play”   

Ah Counter –Natalia 

Timer –Lynne 

General Evaluator Mara 

Our 1st Speaker was Marcus with “My Dad’s Mentorship in Youth Sports.”  

Our 2nd Speaker was Kelly with “Contamination Control: Protecting Yourself from a Toxic Boss”  

Evaluating Marcus’s speech was Nancy 

Evaluating Kelly’s speech was Bill  

Our Table Topics Master was Robert 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Amy, Katie, Warren and Theresa

 Members in Attendance were Mara, Bill, Amy, Natalia, Katie, Lynne, Nancy Kelly, Warren, Turtle, Theresa, Robert, and Marcus  

Guests in Attendance:  none 

Motion to adjourn: Theresa, 2nd Robert 

 

 

 

that two new officers, elected last meeting, would be taking over July 1, 2025.

The other officers were reelected to their same positions. 

 

President:  Theresa Haynes 

VP Education: Nancy Carpenter 

VP Membership: Maria Cubacha 

VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca 

Secretary: Bill Hinrichs 

Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder 

Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz 

 

Lynne also thanked everyone for their meeting participation. She especially noted the officers for their support throughout her term.  She also mentioned that it is never too early to consider running for an officer position for the next term 1/1/2026.  Finally, she reminded members that after our in-person meeting July 1, we will be having a potluck gathering at the Hop and Hound in Bothell.  Kelly has e-mailed a sign-up sheet for those participating. 

  

Our Toastmaster was Turtle with "Treehouses and Blanket Forts! Fun Memories” 

Our Sergeant at Arms Katie called our meeting to order.  

 Our President Lynne opened our meeting.  

VPE Next   Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute Nancy shared information on an article from TM Magazine "Speaking to a Distracted Audience” https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine-issues/2024/Mar/distracted-audience 

GATE TEAM: 

Grammarian: Warren Word of the day “Play”   

Ah Counter –Natalia 

Timer –Lynne 

General Evaluator Mara 

Our 1st Speaker was Marcus with “My Dad’s Mentorship in Youth Sports.”  

Our 2nd Speaker was Kelly with “Contamination Control: Protecting Yourself from a Toxic Boss”  

Evaluating Marcus’s speech was Nancy 

Evaluating Kelly’s speech was Bill  

Our Table Topics Master was Robert 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Amy, Katie, Warren and Theresa

 Members in Attendance were Mara, Bill, Amy, Natalia, Katie, Lynne, Nancy Kelly, Warren, Turtle, Theresa, Robert, and Marcus  

Guests in Attendance:  none 

Motion to adjourn: Theresa, 2nd Robert 

 

 

 

June 17, 2025 Meeting Minutes

June 17, 2025 TM meeting minutes William Hinrichs via Toastmasters Club 9406 ​members@publicspeakingnorthwest.com​ June 17, 2025, Minutes Announcements: Lynne opened the meeting by sharing how grateful and honored she was to be our president this year. She indicated, that as Toastmaster she would express her gratitude for the support she got from fellow officers later in the meeting. Lynne went on to explain that we would be electing new officers (Eff July 1,2025) at this meeting. The current officers had gathered a proposed slate of officers for consideration. She also mentioned that other nominations would be accepted, but none were offered. The following slate of officers was proposed: President: Theresa Haynes VP Education: Nancy Carpenter VP Membership: Maria Cubacha VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca Secretary: Bill Hinrichs Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz The proposed slate, after being put forward by Bill, 2nd by Warren, was approved unanimously (13 votes). Toastmaster: Lynne with the theme “With Gratitude” Our Sergeant at Arms: Lynne for Katie called our meeting to order. Our President Lynne; opened our meeting. VPE Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute: Nancy referred us to a YouTube video. “How to Become a Great Storyteller” Lisa Nichols Speaking Technically Https://www.youtube.com/watch?y=-WA3rirFtuA GATE TEAM Grammarian: Turtle with the word of the day “Affirm Ah Counter Amy Timer –Natalia General Evaluator Maria Our 1st Speaker was Chirag with “Overview, Sourcing and Procurement Operations.” Our 2nd Speaker was Kelly with, “When the Boss is the Biohazard.” Evaluating Chirag’s speech was Warren Evaluating Kelly’s speech was Bill Table Topics Master was Theresa Table topics speakers were Deanna, Nancy and Marcus. Members in Attendance were Warren, Theresa, Bill, Lynne, Nancy, Marcus, Amy, Kelly, Deanna, TK, Maria, Chirag and Natalia. guests in Attendance: none Closing: Lynne reiterated her gratitude for serving with other committed officers and pointed out specifics of all the help she received this term. She also listed our accomplishments for the club. She mentioned finding our new in-person location at Brightwater, establishing a guest speaker policy, using the TI Self-Pay system. She also cited the strength of our club, which won 5 awards at the district 2 Spring Conference. Finally, she encouraged members to consider an officer position in the winter; and to know there would be plenty of support. Motion to adjourn: Bill 2nd Kelly

June 10, 2025 Meeting Minutes

June 10, 2025, Meeting Minutes    Announcements:  Lynne announced Theresa Haynes was Toastmaster of the week for June 3rd. Be sure to check it out in the June 3rd issue of Starburst. New officers for our club will be selected at our next meeting. Our election is June 17th. Nominations accepted up to the day of the meeting. Proposed Slate of Officers for election President: Theresa Haynes VP Education: Nancy Carpenter VP Membership: Maria Cubacha VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca Secretary: Bill Hinrichs Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz Our Toastmaster was Kelly with Summer Treasures” Our Sergeant at Arms Katie, called our meeting to order.   Our President Lynne opened our meeting.  VPE Next   Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute Nancy shared information on an article from TM Magazine “How to Persuade People: 7 principles of Persuasion” Learning Moment Link Persuasion https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2025/june/how-to-persuade-people GATE TEAM: Grammarian: Theresa Word of the day “Season”   Ah Counter –Lynne Timer –Maria General Evaluator –Deanna Our 1st Speaker was Katie with “My Stepson Rick” Evaluating Katie’s speech was Bill Our Table Topics Master was Kerry Our Table Topic Speakers were Amy, Natalia, Brian, Chirag, Turtle, Nitin, Justin and Lynne  Members in Attendance were Maria, Bill, Amy, Natalia, Katie, Lynne, Nancy Kelly, Brian, Justin, Nitin, Turtle, Chirag, Kerry, Deanna, and Theresa Guests in Attendance:  Gerardo Reyes Motion to adjourn: Nancy, 2nd Bill

June 10, 2025 Officer's Meeting

Officer's Meeting 6.10.2025 William Hinrichs ​William Hinrichs​ June 10, 2025 PSNW Officer’s Meeting Minutes Attendees: Deanna S, Katie M, Nancy C, Lynne D. Bill H. Theresa H,Kelly F 1. Opening 1. Welcome 2. Approval of May 2025 minutes (unanimous) II. Officer Reports see page 2 III. Old Business Lynne as the outgoing President thanked the current officers for their service and said it was an honor to serve as president, and hard to believe her year was up. She reminded us that she is off July and August, on the water. Lynne mentioned that elections would take place at our June 17 meeting and reviewed our proposed slate of officers. She also mentioned that others could put their name in the running, as long as they did so before the next meeting. Proposed slate: President: Theresa Haynes VP Education: Nancy Carpenter VP Membership: Maria Cubacha VP Public Relations: Kelly Fallucca Secretary: Bill Hinrichs Treasurer: Deanna Schroeder Sergeant At Arms: Katie Munoz IV. New Business · Badges for Officers. Kelly, who has a badge, indicated that some of our members do activities, including toastmaster events, other than club events, and it would be nice to have badges. Deanna indicated that only some of the officers do this and in order to control expenses we might only do this for officers needing this. Theresa and Bill expressed a need for badges, and a motion was made and passed unanimously to purchase badges for them. · Next visit to The Hop and Hound After our July 1, in-person meeting at Brightwater members will be invited to visit former club member, Dustin Urlacher’s Hop and Hound bar in Bothell. Katie will be the point person on this and see if we can bring food for a potluck lunch. Kelly agreed to make a spreadsheet where participants can log what they will bring. V. Announcements VI. Adjourn Katie made a motion to adjourn, Kelly seconded. Officer Reports June 10, 2025 VP Education/ Webmaster: Nancy Webmaster: Nothing new I keep a spreadsheet of who did speeches and what date. Basecamp sends me a monthly activity list. Most of us are good about submitting completion. I only needed to remind 2 members this time. I sent nice emails to members we have not seen in a while: Brian, Nadine, and Natalia. Chirag is back. Adriana got her job at Amazon and will try to come back when things settle. If anyone completes a level between now and the end of the month, I would like to have them wait until July, so it counts on next year's DPR...only if they are agreeable. VP Membership: Theresa indicated that there for the last couple of months, but things had slowed down a bit. Total Members: 26 current members New Members: None this month. TI Inquiries: We had 6 TI inquiries! Meeting Visitors: May 13: Chandran May 20: Ankit Parikh and Moe Kabba May 27: Moe Kabba June 3: Ankit Parikh Member removals: None VP Public Relations: Kelly · Badges. Once new officers are finalized, we should order badges. Especially for Theresa, since she will be our new president. Yay!!! · Next Event. Hop and Hound after the July in person meeting. Deanna or Lynne, would you like to organize another visit with Dustin at our next in person meeting since it was discussed at our last meeting? · Social Media o YouTube - 46 subscribers•357 videos o Facebook - 389 likes • 419 followers Treasurer: Deanna advised things on her end were running more smoothly, and the use of Zelle was a plus. TI Self-Pay saves her time as well. 1. Account balance in green zone. – reasonable club expenses for parties/raffles etc.… available. Approve requests in advance, submit receipt, & PSNW will reimburse via Zelle. 2. Currently fine-tuning Concur reports to get D2 dollars ($125) deposited on or before 6/15/25. Deanna indicated that our club is very good about collecting these dollars. She also learned that most clubs don’t even pursue these extra funds. 3. The PSNW bank account balance is $1065.93 of 6/9/25. Secretary/Scribe: Bill I have nothing new to report from the scribe department. Bill Sergeant at Arms: Katie Nothing to report from the realm of Sgt at Arms except that all is well. President: Lynne Thank you!!! It’s hard to believe that my term as PSNW President has come to an end. I am honored to have served as your President for the past year. Thank you, all, for your great support over the last twelve months!! · To Nancy for serving as President pro-tem while I was gone in July and August, along with the added layer of responsibility as we secured our new meeting location. · To Katie for the amazing and efficient way you found us our new home at Brightwater Center. It has proven to be a great meeting location, one that should serve us well long term. · To Kelly for standing in for Dustin, our VP Membership, during his travels last summer, and for serving as my proxy for the TMI meeting. · To Deanna for introducing us to and showing us that TI Self Pay is an excellent option for our club. · To Bill and Theresa, for stepping up last January and taking on two especially important positions in our club. You have both excelled and I appreciate all you have done for PSNW. Some Highlights from the past twelve months: 1. We found our new In Person meeting location, Brightwater Center. 2. We started using Self Pay through TI. 3. We formalized the PSNW Guest Policy and Guest Speaker Policy 4. We visited Dustin’s new bar, The Hop and Hound. 5. We celebrated PSNW’s 22nd Anniversary 6. PSNW received five awards at the 2025 D2 Conference · Perfect 10 for reaching all our educational goals. · Kelly is receiving a ‘Gold Star’ award for going above and beyond as a Toastmaster. Thanks to Kelly we are receiving the Best Website Design (2nd year) Nancy Carpenter is receiving “VP Education of the Year.’ · Katie Munoz is receiving Area Director of the Year.

June 3,2025 minutes

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June 3, 2025, Meeting Minutes   

 Announcements:   Lynne Went over the protocol for our in-person meetings where speakers come to the front of the room and shake hands with the leader, so the stage is never left empty.  Lynne also mentioned that Theresa was named Toastmaster of the week.  There is a writeup on Theresa’s involvement in Toastmasters in the latest issue of Starburst. 

Our Toastmaster was Bill with: “Pathways to Brilliance Recap/ The Road Ahead” 

Our Sergeant at Arms Katie called our meeting to order.  

 Our President Lynne opened our meeting.  

VPE Next   Lynne for Nancy:  Meeting Roles   Lynne passed the signup sheet around for roles for next week's meeting.  No Education minute was presented, but instead, Bill, as Toastmaster, explained the broader role of Toastmasters International and the 

Structure of contests and competitions. 

Grammarian:  Deanna word of the day “fork”   

Ah Counter – Warren 

Timer –Lynne 

General Evaluator – Robert  

Our 1st Speaker was Mara with “The Let’s Play Money Podcast is Live” 

Evaluating Mara’s speech was Katie 

Our Table Topics Master was Kelly 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Theresa, Lynne, Deanna, and Chirag 

 Members in Attendance were Mara, Bill, Robert, Katie, Lynne, Kelly, Chirag, Warren, Deanna, Turtle, and Theresa  

Guests in Attendance: Ankit 

Motion to adjourn: Robert 2nd Katie